Stuffing-box for oil-wells.



R. TITUS.

STUFFING BOX FOR DIL'WELLS.

APPLVATION FILED MAY 18. 1914.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

d 712%) Inventor Attorneys Witnesses E A. All? 41.. Adm

TEQE BIL-"WELLS.

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ing-Box for E l ells 0% which the in mg is a spew A. s m;

Fnrther'n'xere. b}; use of :1 release 0001:, he drained m cold the smiling boX' can Wemiher to "prevent f eezlngl 'A fm'i ller abject is to provide imprmie means for assemiz-ling the parts of the 'ng he fOllOi/GI Dem-g s0 mounlerl 0 permit any neeessary -;1i'ersi 31'0" .lze polish real flfltl'lO'LL. prmlucan rear span the r} 01" 1:;011 the packing gm 'angeri underilae follower.

with the for ageing and ml);- 'iew whiela appear proceeds, the twenties resides in i oination anal arrangement of part he details 0;? construction hereinaiier flecribed and claimed, it being understmtid that hanges in the arse-lee emlaedimenc 0f file mention herein disclosed" eanbe made witbr n the Scbpe of what is claimed, without -.eparting from the spirit 0:" Elle in ention, In the accompanying drawmgs the We erred form 0f the invention has keen shown. In said draWings:Figure IL is elevs.- ion of he stufilng bex embodyisg the presnt impmvemenils. is sec-filer: on ine.A--B Fig. 1. Fig, :1 seamen on 'ine C-D Fig. 2.

Referring to figures by ilLdTKClIQiS of reference, 1 clesignates the casing sf stufing hm id casing being; i 'mmecl with mlzmtegl to support coiled springs 14 which BY Letters E'a'itent.

a long upwardly exiemling'tulmlar arm :4 (led, seljacsnl; its lower end, with as lute-x101 annular shoulder 3 sunshine" a bearing! for a metal ring or bushing 4*. ihe I lower eml portien m": which is rounued a? tapered ss' as is fit snugl upan the shoulle1= and permit the said bushing" to reek 1n Q ciiun, upper end, ille bushing is 00mm s sf; :3 as in 511i series 0'1" siiperpzas' l1 .6 sf fest rubber 01' like @8310 1; slidably :md loosely mounted 1n The upper ml-0 ms eppnsitely extsnel m? 8 formed ,with slat-s 9 adjacent their on er ends sneffitfed loosely in these slc ts are theuppez encls of orclinnry carriage lmlis I?) r-zfencli downwai'clly looselv tln'uuggh the sloitedjfends of arms 11 formfl will; and extending radially from the in Emlar arm lietai'ning pins 19 1112 extend ed transversely Within the slotted arms 11 to prevent the sax-Huge bolts ill-from swinging mitwzu'ulm from the said slotted arms 11.

Wine;- nuc'slfi 0r ihe like may be mcuntecl upon the lower ends of the beltsand are films tubular. fdllowe near upwm'cll wagainst th m-ms" 11. means ofthesehuts the springs 14 canlne placeglimde-r any desired degree 0f Compression so H510 cause the lmlts'lU to pull (lf)\'il\\2l*1ll Q11 arms 8 null cause the fol lower Tim 1] s upon the SOfiJZWEiShQIS thus to "cause the said Washersijb be cleilecterl 01* 'cqnfraetecl inwardlybetween the the follower 7 ngclfihe con "e L 0 as thus to fit tightly ab'ont the d shown at 15 and which is adapted recipromte Within the stufiiz lg l 0f the casing is is interibi'lysc-rew l. as shown at 16, so as to engage he upper end of the Well tube or casing By providing a bushing 4: such as descr'loed which is mounted in the manner set will, and by utilizing a follower Y which 5 loosely mounted within the arm 2 and capable of tilting to a, slight extent, it will 'be seen that the follower 7 as Well as the basking s are free to adapt themselves to any lateral znovemenls of the polish P051 and will not Wear unevenly, as heretofore, but will Wear smoethly and preventleakage.

Exi'eneling lxrough the Wall cf the arm 2 at desired intervals are retaining screws 18 box; The

polish rod. The screws .will thus assumepositions above certain. of the washers 6.-

the inner ends of which are pointed. In the structure shown, three of these screws are provided although it. is 'to be understood that any-desired number of them can be used. These screws constitute an'important improvement in that by the use thereof it becomes possible to repack'thestuifing box without stopping the operation of the polish.

rod. To'do this, the screws-l8 areforced inwardly until their ends come close to the The nuts 13 are-then loosened, pins 12 with drawn, and bolts swung outwardly from engagement :with the arms 11.. Thus the} .follower 7-can be lifted. out of the arm 2, the

screws 18 serving to hold the lower; washer 6 and the bushing4 against displacement.-

" Additional washers can then be placed in the arm 2,'the follower 7 replaced, the rods 10 inserted into the slotted arms 11 and the I nuts 13' tightened, after, which the screws- 18 cm be withdrawn from engagement with the washer 6. Thus, the springs. 14, beingbrou ght into play, will crowdxthe follower 7 downwardly. against the washers.- which havebeen inserted in the arm, 2, thereby pressing all of-thewashers tightly together. This has'be'en found to be an important feature in that the expense resulting from-the delay heretofore required by the'shutti'ng down ofthe pump during therepacking of the box is avoided.

' *It is a well known fact that the .pipe lines extending from the p'umpcasingaften become frozen in the wintertime where it is the practice to shut "down the pump over night. The'opening to which the pipe line is-connected' hasbeen indicated at 19. 'In order to prevent ,the-line pipes from bursting, another opening 20 is provided in the casing 1,' preferably directly opposite the opening 19, this opening 20 being adapted to receive a release cock, not shown. 0on

- form such'as have sequently, before the pump is started after 46 a cold night, this release coeltcan be opened ,and,-"when the polish rod is set-in motion, the oil will be discharged through the re-- lease cock should the line pipe be frozen, Thus danger of bursting the line pipe is eliminated. If desired, by means of the release cock, the stufling box can be drained'at inight after' the pump has been stopped.

By utilizing the slotted arms 8, ordinary carriage bolts can be employed and it does 1 v "not become necessary to use bolts of special heretoforebeen required.

Consequently should one of the bolts beeomebroken, a new one can be readily procured and substituted therefor.

Yhat is claimed is J In a stuffing. box for oil wells, the combitubular guide arm,of a bushmgmounted to nation with a casing having an upstanding rock-within the lower, portion of the arm and having a ,conca'ved end; a tubular fol'b v lower adjustably mounted within ,the arm and having a concaved inner end; said bush-, in}; and follower having openingsetherein 'for the reception of a polish rod, flexible packing Washers filling the space'between thebushingiand follower and fitting snugly within the "tubular .arm, radially disposed? screws extending through the wall of the arm and disposed in the same plane. said screws being adjustable toward'each other to separate certain of the'washers and consti- 

